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PFC. Owen Bennett
US Army 524th MP Btn. Coy. B. Military Police
from:Heavener, Oklahoma
Owen Bennett was drafted into the Army on 7th of Jan 1944. He left behind at home a wife and three children aged 9, 7 and 3 years respectively. The small allotment provided to his family was a meagre $7.50 per month! Owen served his country with honour and respect. The high point of his service was as one of the guards for Omar Bradley. This was the liberation parade in Paris, France. The low point of his service was to serve on a firing squad. Young German youths dressed as GIs behind American lines, some of them not much older than his oldest son at home.
Owen returned home and served his home town of Heavener, Oklahoma as a police officer and was Chief of police for many years.

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